An interventional study of Biopsy of abdominal subcutaneous white adipose tissue (2-3 g) in Chronic Kidney Disease - Stage V, sponsored by Hospices Civils de Lyon. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-09.
Sponsored by Hospices Civils de Lyon · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science
Many metabolic disturbances, such as protein-energy wasting, inulin resistance, and dyslipidemia are common features of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, to date, the underlying mechanisms of these disturbances remain elusive. Many in vitro studies have demonstrated that white adipose cells exhibit dysfunctions in conditions that mimics uremic environment. In good agreement, several animal experiments have reported that chronic kidney disease was associated with lipoatrophy, adipose tissue dysfunction and ectopic lipid redistribution. The goal of this protocol is to collect and study structural and metabolic properties of white adipose tissue in CKD stage V patients to evidence adipose tissue dysfunction associated with CKD. The primary outcome measure will be the cellularity of the adipose tissue (i.e. size of the adipose cells) and the secondary measure to study the gene expression profile using microarray and metabolic properties of adipose tissue (i.e. lipogenesis). To this end, 15 male adult volunteers and 15 non-diabetic and non-dialyzed CKD stage V patients, matched for age, gender and body mass index (BMI) will be recruited at the Departments of Nephrology or Urology of Lyon University Hospital (Lyon, France). The biopsies of abdominal subcutaneous white adipose tissue (2-3 g) will be performed during elective urologic surgery (i.e. peritoneal dialysis catheter for CKD patients and radical prostatectomy for non CKD patients).
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Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
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BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
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Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
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Male adults non-diabetic and non-dialyzed CKD stage 5 patients. All the CKD patient will be recruited at the Department of Nephrology of Edouard Herriot University Hospital (Lyon, France).
Other: Biopsy of abdominal subcutaneous white adipose tissue (2-3 g)
Non CKD male adults matched for age, gender and body mass index (BMI) with CKD patients. All the non - CKD patient will recruited from Department of recruited at the Department of Urology of Edouard Herriot University Hospital (Lyon, France).
Other: Biopsy of abdominal subcutaneous white adipose tissue (2-3 g)
The biopsies of abdominal subcutaneous white adipose tissue (2-3 g) will be performed during elective surgery (i.e. peritoneal dialysis catheter) for CDK patients or during elective urologic surgery (e.g. radical prostatectomy) for Non-CDK patients. 50-100 mg will fixed in osmium tetroxide for cellularity measurement and 1g of fresh adipose tissue were used from adipocyte isolation. The remnant part of the biopsies will be snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80°C until use (gene expression).
Mean adipocyte size (in µm) in subcutaneous white adipose tissue removed during biopsy, measured with a Beckman Coulter
The biopsies of abdominal subcutaneous white adipose tissue (2-3 g) will be performed during elective surgery (i.e. peritoneal dialysis catheter for CKD patients and radical prostatectomy for non CKD patients). 50-100 mg will be fixed in osmium tetroxide for cellularity measurement i.e. measurement of adipose cell size. Adipose cell size will be determined by a Beckman Coulter Multisizer IV (Beckman Coulter) with a 400 µm aperture. The range of cell sizes that can effectively be measured using this aperture is 20-240 µm. The instrument will be set to count 1,000 particles, and the fixed-cell suspension will be diluted so that coincident counting remains \<10%. Cell-size distributions will be drawn from measurement of at least 12,000 cell diameters for each patient. The mean fat cell volume will then be compared using Student t test or Mann \& Whitney U tests.
Time frame: Day 1, the day of surgery (one day after inclusion)
Plan to share: No
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